Is Sầm Sơn safe? Vietnam travel risk
Is Sầm Sơn safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Sầm Sơn scores 52/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Vietnam Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 24 Jun 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Sầm Sơn scores 52/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Vietnam (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Sầm Sơn: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (80/100) and security (47/100).
A score of 52 is higher than the scores of 70% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Vietnam travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Geographically located in Thanh Hóa (19.7333° N, 105.9000° E), Sầm Sơn sits 140.9 km N from Hanoi at 10 m elevation.
Thanh Hóa
19.7333° N, 105.9000° E
10 m
Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
129,801
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Vietnam)
Climate by Month
Hottest: June (33 °C avg high); Wettest: August (350 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 20° | 22° | 25° | 29° | 31° | 33° | 33° | 31° | 30° | 28° | 24° | 21° |
| Low °C | 14° | 16° | 19° | 23° | 25° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 25° | 22° | 18° | 16° |
| Rain mm | 21 | 22 | 38 | 76 | 138 | 153 | 240 | 350 | 251 | 165 | 89 | 37 |
Normals: Thanh Hóa (15.3 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Sầm Sơn happened in September (2 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Vietnam travel advice & laws.
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